Competition Authorities Investigate Stora Enso Premises

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Press release from the issuing company

HELSINKI, Finland, May 25 -- Stora Enso today announced that European Commission competition investigators have today visited Stora Enso's premises in London, Stockholm and Dusseldorf.
Representatives of the Finnish Competition Authority visited Stora Enso Forest's office at Imatra and regional offices at Summa, Joensuu, Savonlinna and Kuopio in Finland.
In addition, the Company's North American division has received a subpoena for documents from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice.
Stora Enso co-operates fully with these investigations.